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How do hospital-based nurses and physicians identify the palliative phase in their patients and what difficulties exist? A qualitative interview study

BACKGROUND: Early start of palliative care improves the quality of life of eligible patients and their relatives. However, in hospital, patients who could benefit from palliative care are often not identified timely. The aim of this study is to assess how hospital-based nurses and physicians define...

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Autores principales: Flierman, Isabelle, Nugteren, Ineke C., van Seben, Rosanne, Buurman, Bianca M., Willems, Dick L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6617645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31288816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0439-0